Only if they didn't lose their job because of it.
Okay, it was a sweeping statement and I agree, there's exceptions. But everybody will suffer to an extent, because the economy goes down the toilet, which affects tax revenues, for instance, so either services are cut, or we all pay more tax. And those that don't earn enough to pay tax suffer because recessions tend to be highly inflationary times and prices go up far faster than either benefits or fixed incomes (like pensions). Oh, and if a pension is (as most are) based on stock market performance, you could find the pension fund itself in dire trouble, or even collapsing. It doesn't help to have a guaranteed pension if the fund that's paying it ceases to exist.
Yes, non-house-owners may well benefit. Or some of them anyway. Because, if house prices collapse, all owners have to do is ride it out, and not move or sell. So the only people in real trouble are those that can no longer afford mortgage payments, and so can't ride it out, and that's where negative equity comes in.
Yeah, it was a sweeping statement. But, by and large, true nonetheless.